小镇并不存在，

The town does not exist

唯有那棵黑发的树，像溺死的女人

except where one black-haired tree slips

滑升进炽热的天空。

up like a drowned woman into the hot sky.

小镇是寂静的。夜在十一颗星中沸腾。

The town is silent. The night boils with eleven stars.   

哦，星夜，星夜！我想

Oh starry starry night! This is how

就这样死去。

I want to die.

它在动。它们全都活着。

It moves. They are all alive.

甚至月亮也在它橙黄的铁箍中鼓胀，

Even the moon bulges in its orange irons   

像神一样，把孩子从它的眼中推出。

to push children, like a god, from its eye.

那古老而无形的蛇吞尽群星。

The old unseen serpent swallows up the stars.   

哦，星夜，星夜！我想

Oh starry starry night! This is how   

就这样死去：

I want to die:

投入那翻涌的夜的猛兽，

into that rushing beast of the night,   

被那条巨龙吸走，从我的生命中

sucked up by that great dragon, to split   

撕裂而出，没有旗帜，

from my life with no flag,

没有肚腹，

no belly,

没有哭喊。

no cry.